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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1903
Page
8
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quoted piece notes leaders in tenement districts act as unofficial mayors guardians and fathers to their people. They must answer requests to help families with coal bailouts work and attending events, and a failure to know a constituent’s broken leg or even a son named Thomas ends political support.
Gon don Tit-Bits recalls a scene where a man laments blue mood after a night of merriment. He recalls staying out until four after his wife left for the first time in three years and jokes about not taking precautions for an affidavit. He bangs his head and shakes his hair in frustration.
An overnight guest registers at a small town hotel. In the morning he asks for a bath. The proprietor shouts for the bath man to bring supplies, and Tom arrives with soap towel and a pick. The punchline: the guest learns the pick is to dam the creek. Kansas City article.
A Clay county man recounts a hunt with his pastor who, armed with their single gun, poked the man with the muzzle. When pressed, the minister asked how to handle the hammers, leading the man to swear off taking preachers hunting.
A parent asks what courses a major college offers for his son in need of more schooling. The college president evasively replies about the usual half mile cinder track as a metaphor for the program.
Mrs. Matilda M. Boucher of Valley City North Dakota praises Dodd's Kidney Pills saying they cured dizziness before the first box was finished and relieved her sciatica in January with a full recovery lasting since. The Philadelphia Press note adds a light exchange between Tess and Jess about two sticks of tea.
Advertisement notes Allen's Foot Ease as a cure for swollen sweating hot feet sold by druggists for 25c with a free trial package offer. Includes a humorous aside from the Princeton Tiger about a jilted man and a returning lover.
A collage of 1900 era notices and quotes includes patent medicines with prices, legal and moral quips, train ads for Chicago to the West, a weight comment about wives, farm payments, and a quotation about guilt. It shows diverse short items and promotional blurbs from distant papers.
A poem by Mary M. Parks in St Nicholas evokes a distant merry go round. The verses describe horses gliding under bright lights while people laugh and children sing. The refrain notes the round and round motion as music plays and mirth rises.
An 1890s maritime tale recounts a seagull named Dick that daily fed at Bren ton's Reef lightship off Rhode Island for 24 years. Capt. Fogarty noted his 마지막 departures and returns, with Dick's age and fatigue explaining his final absence in 1895. The Smithsonian once sought his remains, but the lightship crew safeguarded him. A second note describes a Lyndon Kansas cat adopting two orphaned coons found in a hole, later feeding and caring for them. The page ends with an Open Letter and a Washington Star fashion critique mocking current style trends.
A Nineteenth Century account describes ravens forming lifelong ties with other animals. A raven at Hungerford cared for a wounded Newfoundland dog, while another Raven and a sparrow trap incident shows cooperative cunning. A 60 year old raven kept with a blind porcupine later formed a strong bond with a seagull, feeding it putrid meat until the gull sickened, then the raven killed and consumed the gull.
A Chicago Inter Ocean piece contrasts mosquito plagues halting Gulf surveys with notes on the atom as a solar-system of electrons. It describes electrons orbiting inside atoms, the vast spaces between them, and the potential for atoms to dissociate over infinite time, alongside brief items on life limits in heat, sound-producing fish, and vessels moving faster than the stream.
A reader describes a low risk party trick using a decanter plate ladle and skimmer balanced by cork wedges. The trick starts with balancing the skimmer from the plate edge then aligning the plate edge with the decanter while linking ladle and skimmer. Initial attempts fail and amuse onlookers until mastery is reached.
The piece contrasts true long lasting friendship with proximity based bonds formed through shared locations and routine. It notes rare deep friendships lasting ten years apart and a broader class tied to daily contact, built on common interests and convenience rather than enduring emotional closeness.
Cleveland inventors Robert Edwin and George Hoff man reveal a two part loop the loop system featuring an 18 foot wheel and external frame. The rider inside at 70 degrees reaches about 15 miles per hour before a clutch brake halts the wheel and launches the rider to continue the ride around the framework risking gravity to stop.
The Ohio River near Evansville Indiana and between Javanville and Henderson Kentucky forms a natural amphitheater. Yellow riverbanks reveal cascading ledges and a circular stepped whirl where water swirls inland, resembling ancient Greek and Roman architecture.
For twenty years Major Mars suffered from catarrh of the kidneys. Veruna supposedly cures catarrh wherever found and protects heart and digestion. If no prompt results from Peruna, write to Dr Tartman for free advice at The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio.
A discussion cites Prof Elie Metchnikoff arguing modern death is not natural. The text claims one in a million dies naturally and envisions lifespans to 140 years. It asserts aging erodes drive and that desire for life fades as habits shift with time.
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